Alcohol Consumption by Country: 10 Countries with the Highest Alcohol Consumption per Capita

5. Germany

Alcohol Consumption per Capita: 12.22 liters

German history and culture is synonymous with beer, even though beer wasn’t technically invented in the country. In fact, beer has always been such an important part of the local culture that in 1516, the Bavaria Duke Wilhelm IV issued the ‘Reinheitsgebot’, a beer purity law that stipulates that only water, barley, and hops were allowed to be used as key ingredients for beer. The country exported $1.38 billion of the alcoholic beverage in 2021, putting it among the Top Beer Exporting Countries in the World.